Grand Prix motor racing could be coming to Hong Kong - but not as we know it. A Hong Kong-based consortium, Formula E Holdings, is planning to bring Formula E, high-speed electric-car racing, to the city's streets next year as part of a global circuit of 10 cities including Rome, London and Rio de Janeiro.

Toyota Motor, the world's largest carmaker, was set to delay the launch of a new line at its factory in Tianjin because a decline in its Chinese sales was likely to continue, Japan's Asahi newspaper reported.